Oklahoma Sooners

How the Sooners play under each referee

Every Sooners game grouped by individual referee. Over this sample the Sooners are 111-85 (56.6%); each ref win rate below is compared to that team average.

Updated Aug 22, 2026, 9:10 p.m.·2020-2026 (2020-12-04 – 2026-04-05)

Sooners record: 111-85 (56.6%)

Officials with enough games overlap across crews; combined team-official games (386) exceed 196 unique team matches. Table lists refs with 8+ games.

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Jeb Hartness
+18.4 pts vs team+0.0
Byron Jarrett
+16.1 pts vs team-1.5
Kelly Self
+12.6 pts vs team-0.5
Marques Pettigrew
+10.1 pts vs team-1.9
Rick Crawford
+10.1 pts vs team-0.9
Brooks Wells
+10.1 pts vs team-1.9
Owen Shortt
+7.0 pts vs team-0.6
Bart Lenox
+7.0 pts vs team-2.1
Tony Padilla
+5.9 pts vs team-2.4
Gary Maxwell
+4.5 pts vs team-0.9
Todd Austin
+3.4 pts vs team+1.2
Amy Bonner
+2.2 pts vs team+0.5
Pat Adams
-2.8 pts vs team+0.2
Antinio Petty
-2.8 pts vs team-1.8
Bret Smith
-6.6 pts vs team+0.6
Terry Oglesby
-6.6 pts vs team+0.1
Steven Anderson
-6.6 pts vs team-1.3
Don Daily
-6.6 pts vs team-1.9
Keith Kimble
-8.8 pts vs team-0.5
Gerry Pollard
-9.2 pts vs team-0.1
Doug Sirmons
-10.8 pts vs team-0.5
Chance Moore
-14.9 pts vs team-0.6
Olandis Poole
-19.1 pts vs team+0.3
Courtney Green
-19.1 pts vs team+0.8
Ray Natili
-20.2 pts vs team-2.5
Kipp Kissinger
-23.3 pts vs team-0.6
Darron George
-23.3 pts vs team-0.7
John Higgins
-23.3 pts vs team+2.8

Tight-game proxy

How Oklahoma Sooners compares in tight final-margin games vs the full sample. Based on official box scores, not last-two-minute reports.

Close games (≤5 pt margin)

64 of 196 games match this window

Avg combined points
Tight-game avg
146.5
Season avg
145.6
Pressure impact
+0.9
Avg fouls
Tight-game avg
34.4
Season avg
33.5
Pressure impact
+0.9
Over rate
Tight-game avg
51.6%
Season avg
51.0%
Pressure impact
+0.6 pp

Over benchmark: 145.3 combined points · Seasons: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 196 total games in sample

Pregame toss-ups (spread ≤5.5)

What am I looking at?

Individual refs: stats for one official across all Sooners games they worked, even with different partners.
Team baseline: the Sooners went 111-85 (56.6%) across this sample. Ref win rates show how they compare to that team average.
Whistle differential: who gets called more. A positive number means opponents are whistled more often than the Sooners.

Scores, fouls, and referee crews from ESPN (9885 games across 80 tracked programs, 6047 with sportsbook totals). Coverage: 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26. Matrix: 4078/8349 ref×team pairs with 3+ games. 69 games skipped (no officials listed). 0 games skipped (outside live conference gate). Ref game counts rebuilt from DISTINCT game_id in game logs.